Wednesday, June 20, 2007

Gordon Ramsay of Hell's Kitchen sued for $1 million for allegedly falsifying scenes of reality series.

Just as I start to become a big fan of Fox's "Hell's Kitchen", this story hits about Ramsay's show "Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares".

Former restaurant manager Martin Hyde has filed a $1 million lawsuit in the U.S. District Court in New York against the star, whose abusive behavior he cites for quitting his job.Hyde, who was formerly employed at Dillions, an Indian-American restaurant in Manhattan, alleges the chef was also responsible for staging incidents on the TV series, which sees the chef makeover struggling eateries in one week.Hyde alleges Ramsay falsely claimed fresh meat was spoiled, defective items of furniture were used to imply Dillon's interior was shoddy, and actors were employed to pose as customers at the end of the makeover, in a bid to make the restaurant look busy..........Ramsay denies all the allegations. And yes, I'll still watch Hell's Kitchen....Starpulse

1 comment:

Anonymous
said...

Well, the manager who lost his job is suing, not the owner of the restaurant so I don't know how valid those claims are.I'm sure there is some editing involved or even some staging... it is still a TV show but I don't think it's anything for a fired manager to sue for.